Harari: Dysgraphia Gave Him Heightened Visual Precision in Toy Development
Ronnen Harary · Spin Master/PAW Patrol: Ronnen Harary · Dec 20, 2021 · at 5:37
Spin Master co-founder Ronnen Harari discusses how his learning disability, dysgraphia, translated into unexpected advantages in product engineering and design.
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“My attention to visual detail is, is very high. Like, when we were developing in toys or engineering, I could see, like, little changes when we were debugging the toys, and people would use rulers, and I could just see it with my eyes.”
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